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Jesus and Our Marginalized Neighbors with Isaac Olivarez Jeanette Staats | 13 Sep 2023 What does it mean for our marginalized neighbors to encounter Jesus? What about kids? In this episode, you’ll hear from Isaac Olivarez, founding pastor of Urban Outreach, a Dinner Church...
Dinner Church for Suburban Foodies with Megan Monterrosa Jeanette Staats | 6 Sep 2023 You can start a Dinner Church in almost any context. In this episode, you’ll hear from Megan Monterrosa who has started two Dinner Churches in suburban neighborhoods in Washington State....
Setting the Table for the Holy Spirit with David Fitch Jeanette Staats | 30 Aug 2023 When does a meal become a Dinner Church? Join theologian, professor, and pastor David Fitch as he describes the actions and postures Jesus-followers can take to create table settings where...
Starting Dinner Churches in Hurricane Country with Heather Evans Jeanette Staats | 23 Aug 2023 How do you explain Dinner Church? More importantly, how do you explain it to key volunteers who have invested time and energy into the kinds of services and programs a...
Was the Early Church a Dinner Church? with Dr. Mike Graves Jeanette Staats | 16 Aug 2023 Why did the early church focus more on food than sermons? And how should that affect how we do church today? Join us for a fascinating conversation with scholar and...
Lessons From 10 Years of Dinner Church Leadership with Verlon & Melodee Fosner Jeanette Staats | 9 Aug 2023 How did a struggling 100-year old church grow into a network of over a dozen Dinner Churches, and go on to inspire the 300 new dinner church plants? In this...
Introducing: Dinner Church Podcast 1 Aug 2023 Dinner Churches are starting all over North America. Why? It’s not just that they are an effective, affordable, and contextual approach to church planting. They also follow in the footsteps...
Reformed Christians, Presbyterians and Fresh Expressions of Church Shannon Kiser | 31 Jul 2023 I had my vision checked today. Why? Because I have noticed myself squinting to make sense of what I am trying to see. Something needs to shift so that I...
Should Your Church Start a Dinner Church? Jon Davis | 26 Jul 2023 You’ve read some articles and some books. You’ve been in some webinars and on-line classes. You’ve attended some training in person. You’ve taken some prayer walks and begun a process...
Good Things Happen Around a Table Steve Swanson | 19 Jul 2023 This piece was originally published at Augusta Business Daily. If you have a story about a Fresh Expression to share, send it to info@freshexpressions.com. It’s been said that the seven...
AI: 5 Things Church Leaders Need to Understand About the Ultimate Disruptor Chris Morton | 17 Jul 2023 Would you go to a church led by and AI pastor? In June 2023, 300 people attended the first-ever church service led by Artificial Intelligence at a Protestant Church in...
Practices that Form a People for Mission with David Fitch Jeanette Staats | 10 Jul 2023 Churches are full of formal liturgies and unspoken traditions. But what kind of shared activities actually form a group of people into a band of missionaries? In this week’s episode,...

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